Hmm.. The lighting isnt that ideal. But this is the luggage. Look at the prints! And it is white in colour. Very chio!! I love it. It is about 60 cm by 80 cm by 40 cm.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Retail therapy
Im a happie girl.
For $126,
I got:
Ettusias Liquid Eyeliner,
Ettusias Gel Make up remover,
Ettusias Foundation
3 pieces of Triumph Undies
1 Top from Hypnosis
& My favourite, Luggage - a free gift from Ettusias. (Frankly, I was more interested in the luggage than the products, but since I need to get pressie for my sis anyway, this came as a really good steal).
That is a good hand luggagem, white base with silver bow prints, exactly the size I wanted and the design is just fantabulous. I havc been checking out the ISETAN luggage counters weekly but I was never able to find something that caught my heart the way this luggage did.
I no longer have to lug my lappie during my trips. I can just put my hand luggage all in this Beautiful suitcase.
HAppie!!!
For $126,
I got:
Ettusias Liquid Eyeliner,
Ettusias Gel Make up remover,
Ettusias Foundation
3 pieces of Triumph Undies
1 Top from Hypnosis
& My favourite, Luggage - a free gift from Ettusias. (Frankly, I was more interested in the luggage than the products, but since I need to get pressie for my sis anyway, this came as a really good steal).
That is a good hand luggagem, white base with silver bow prints, exactly the size I wanted and the design is just fantabulous. I havc been checking out the ISETAN luggage counters weekly but I was never able to find something that caught my heart the way this luggage did.
I no longer have to lug my lappie during my trips. I can just put my hand luggage all in this Beautiful suitcase.
HAppie!!!
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Another great weekend
My weekend started a bit later than most peeps cos i ended work late at around 9pm on friday night. I looked so worn out and I was exhausted no doubt, i took a cab home, had my dinner and plonked straight onto my bed.
I had about10 hours of sleep - something I was yearning since the beginning of last week. I woke up refreshed and went over to my aunt's place for a buffet lunch. Yesterday was my cousin's wedding day. I manage to have lunch, squeeze out 2 hours for SY, rush to do my hair (very simple styling), rush home and imagine, when I reached home, my ah gong and papa were already wearing their socks. I had to change, rush to do my basic make up within 10 min and then grab my mascara, eye shadow and earrings and hurry down to meet the men in my family cos they were all waiting for me.
I heard the best bridegroom speech in my life yesterday. I was impressed. Not that I had attended a lot of weddings but seriously, the way my cousin delivered the speech... he was witty, funny, to the point and he used very fluent mandarin for his short but touching and entertaining speech. Very Proud of him indeed. CONGRATULATIONS!!
And after the dinner, i was back home, again, I had to rush, change out and ran down to meet CY for a drink with his friends at Jalan Kayu and later on card games at his place all the way till..... 5 am. Yes. And I won. Haha.. My gambling luck hasnt been very good this year but surprisingly, I made it last night. Haha
Today was nice, simple and again, a happy sunday for me.
I certainly had a very wonderful weekend, which wouldnt have been possible without all of you. My absence from SG on weekends when I had to spend them in China made me value my weekends ALOT.
Not only do I have a lot of catching up to do with my friends, I have a lot of catching up to do with my life.
Woah, JS said I looked more haggard these days than I was a few months ago! I shall ensure that I clear my sleep debt to prove him wrong!
I had about10 hours of sleep - something I was yearning since the beginning of last week. I woke up refreshed and went over to my aunt's place for a buffet lunch. Yesterday was my cousin's wedding day. I manage to have lunch, squeeze out 2 hours for SY, rush to do my hair (very simple styling), rush home and imagine, when I reached home, my ah gong and papa were already wearing their socks. I had to change, rush to do my basic make up within 10 min and then grab my mascara, eye shadow and earrings and hurry down to meet the men in my family cos they were all waiting for me.
I heard the best bridegroom speech in my life yesterday. I was impressed. Not that I had attended a lot of weddings but seriously, the way my cousin delivered the speech... he was witty, funny, to the point and he used very fluent mandarin for his short but touching and entertaining speech. Very Proud of him indeed. CONGRATULATIONS!!
And after the dinner, i was back home, again, I had to rush, change out and ran down to meet CY for a drink with his friends at Jalan Kayu and later on card games at his place all the way till..... 5 am. Yes. And I won. Haha.. My gambling luck hasnt been very good this year but surprisingly, I made it last night. Haha
Today was nice, simple and again, a happy sunday for me.
I certainly had a very wonderful weekend, which wouldnt have been possible without all of you. My absence from SG on weekends when I had to spend them in China made me value my weekends ALOT.
Not only do I have a lot of catching up to do with my friends, I have a lot of catching up to do with my life.
Woah, JS said I looked more haggard these days than I was a few months ago! I shall ensure that I clear my sleep debt to prove him wrong!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
philosophical words of wisdom
Quote:
失败中学到，成功中得到，
生活就像山谷里回声，
你对它付出多少，就会得到多少。
忍耐是做人第一法，礼貌是处事第一法，
谦虚是保身第一法，宽容是用心第一法。
Sweet and simple. Apt and to the point. I love this book.
One of the gem i found off the rack in the small cafe at yantai airport while waiting for the domestic flight.
I read a lot each time I travel and I enjoy every bit of it. I was at my aunt's place yesterday afternoon and she enjoys reading “NU REN WO ZUI DA" magazine. Taiwanese magazine on beauty, fashion and make up. After a while, after reading taiwanese and chinese magazines, one simply cannot go back to mag like her world and Elle or style cos these magazines are less commercial and they are more informative. I am always amazed at how fast i can finish reading Her world even though it is a close to 5cm thick mag.
In one of the fashion magazines I bought in CHina, they did a review on some of the facial products. They do not simply state which are the brands of products that are good, they openly listed and showed brands of products you must avoid. That is true review. It is not about reading advertisements and seeing posters. It is vital information that readers look out for.
Kudos to the "Vanilla" magazine. Still my favourite!
失败中学到，成功中得到，
生活就像山谷里回声，
你对它付出多少，就会得到多少。
忍耐是做人第一法，礼貌是处事第一法，
谦虚是保身第一法，宽容是用心第一法。
Sweet and simple. Apt and to the point. I love this book.
One of the gem i found off the rack in the small cafe at yantai airport while waiting for the domestic flight.
I read a lot each time I travel and I enjoy every bit of it. I was at my aunt's place yesterday afternoon and she enjoys reading “NU REN WO ZUI DA" magazine. Taiwanese magazine on beauty, fashion and make up. After a while, after reading taiwanese and chinese magazines, one simply cannot go back to mag like her world and Elle or style cos these magazines are less commercial and they are more informative. I am always amazed at how fast i can finish reading Her world even though it is a close to 5cm thick mag.
In one of the fashion magazines I bought in CHina, they did a review on some of the facial products. They do not simply state which are the brands of products that are good, they openly listed and showed brands of products you must avoid. That is true review. It is not about reading advertisements and seeing posters. It is vital information that readers look out for.
Kudos to the "Vanilla" magazine. Still my favourite!
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Awesome weekend back in SG
I spent my last two saturday mornings working in the office in China.
Im happy to be back.
Since I fell asleep real quick on fri night, I woke up at around 9am yesterday re-charged. Guess what I did on a sat morning? Spring cleaning. Im not really done yet. I mean looking from the point of view of the whole house, I am only 1/3 done. 2/3 more to go. I think i will spread that out over the coming week. Hopefully by the next weekend, I can go get some nice mirrors and set up a proper dressing table..
I cleared 7 bags of stuff in 2 days. More to throw!
Looking back, I never really spend time doing a thorough clean up. Right after my last sem I was away in Nepal doing my com service. Not long after my return I started work. Work was just intense for me these 9 months. And before I know it and when I least expected it, I had to travel back and forth China and SG.
After having everything so prim and proper and so well set out and everything packed and done nicely for me in the hotel, I came back to my home, determined to continue that kind of neatness for my environment. That's a little tough I know but Im progressing.
Anyways, I had a great weekend spending time with my love ones.
Im really tired now. I guess I cant do much for the night for now. Will sleep soon.
Im happy. I miss the cheese, the bizkits, the sausages, the wine certainly and most importantly, the company. & today, I spent the whole day with my family. Dinner with papa and mama. Havent done that in a very long time.
Im happy to be back.
Since I fell asleep real quick on fri night, I woke up at around 9am yesterday re-charged. Guess what I did on a sat morning? Spring cleaning. Im not really done yet. I mean looking from the point of view of the whole house, I am only 1/3 done. 2/3 more to go. I think i will spread that out over the coming week. Hopefully by the next weekend, I can go get some nice mirrors and set up a proper dressing table..
I cleared 7 bags of stuff in 2 days. More to throw!
Looking back, I never really spend time doing a thorough clean up. Right after my last sem I was away in Nepal doing my com service. Not long after my return I started work. Work was just intense for me these 9 months. And before I know it and when I least expected it, I had to travel back and forth China and SG.
After having everything so prim and proper and so well set out and everything packed and done nicely for me in the hotel, I came back to my home, determined to continue that kind of neatness for my environment. That's a little tough I know but Im progressing.
Anyways, I had a great weekend spending time with my love ones.
Im really tired now. I guess I cant do much for the night for now. Will sleep soon.
Im happy. I miss the cheese, the bizkits, the sausages, the wine certainly and most importantly, the company. & today, I spent the whole day with my family. Dinner with papa and mama. Havent done that in a very long time.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
PEKING
While Transiting Beijing, HM and I sneaked out of the Beijing airport to try the famous Peking duck. My fav dish was actually the dish in yellow gravy. That is the most awesome food for the trip. It is Chestnut with White cabbage. The gravy is made from some really good stock. The white cabbage has thoroughly infused the essence of the stock in the gravy and somehow they made a great combination. The chestnut was nice and soft, certainly sweet.
That was the 3rd peking duck of the trip. Very fattening, though it's really good.
Other dish shown above -
Top left hand corner of the 2nd slide: Deep fried oyster with salt and pepper
Right: Chestnut with chinese cabbage
Bottom left corner of the 2nd slide: Fresh scallops coated with salted egg yolk, mixed with corn bits coated with avocado.
Right: Fruit Platter
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Milestone
It's the 2nd Sunday in GGH.
Im looking forward to going back to SG soon.
This trip has been truly fruitful. It was a very intense week but i learnt a lot about the operations of the yard. It would have been rather difficult should I have just stayed in SG office. With HM's help, we manage to draft a record number of flowcharts in 3 days more than what I have done in 1 month. Interviewing people, grilling them and asking very specific questions are the key to getting workflow out from them.
G has been the most helpful. Without his guidance, I never would have been able to appreciate and understand the way the yard functions. While I was sitting in the meeting that day, I looked at all of them in the yard uniform. I look at the bosses. I look at the CEO. I hold the utmost respect for them.
I respect G a lot too. He is a great leader, definitely a high flyer for someone his age. What makes him so respectible is his ever-readiness to share his knowledge and his very humble attitude for someone who has already reached his status today.
The whole experience and exposure made my work more fulfilling than ever. Working in China, more specifically, working with the chinese national in their homeground is very much an art on its own. When you cant get past the cultural divide, you will never be able to get your work done. In the short term, you can use an authoritative method. But you know that is the worst method cos it starts and stops there and then. I cant say that I have a formula now but it is really important to build "Guan Xi". That is beyond gifts and luncheons though these are a must. Sincerity is very important and once you break their emotional barrier which resulted from the cultural divide, work moves along much faster.
In any case, Im happy to be in this company, at this time. It is a really exciting period and a very valuable learning opportunity for a fresh grad like me. I drowned a few times in the past and every now and then I still do. But at the end of the day, I know, that while my frantic struggle each time I drown has made me progressed very much faster than if I were to have a smooth sailing ride.
People here love fireworks. Firecrackers too. Other than the public toilets and garlic-infested breaths, I love this city!
Im looking forward to going back to SG soon.
This trip has been truly fruitful. It was a very intense week but i learnt a lot about the operations of the yard. It would have been rather difficult should I have just stayed in SG office. With HM's help, we manage to draft a record number of flowcharts in 3 days more than what I have done in 1 month. Interviewing people, grilling them and asking very specific questions are the key to getting workflow out from them.
G has been the most helpful. Without his guidance, I never would have been able to appreciate and understand the way the yard functions. While I was sitting in the meeting that day, I looked at all of them in the yard uniform. I look at the bosses. I look at the CEO. I hold the utmost respect for them.
I respect G a lot too. He is a great leader, definitely a high flyer for someone his age. What makes him so respectible is his ever-readiness to share his knowledge and his very humble attitude for someone who has already reached his status today.
The whole experience and exposure made my work more fulfilling than ever. Working in China, more specifically, working with the chinese national in their homeground is very much an art on its own. When you cant get past the cultural divide, you will never be able to get your work done. In the short term, you can use an authoritative method. But you know that is the worst method cos it starts and stops there and then. I cant say that I have a formula now but it is really important to build "Guan Xi". That is beyond gifts and luncheons though these are a must. Sincerity is very important and once you break their emotional barrier which resulted from the cultural divide, work moves along much faster.
In any case, Im happy to be in this company, at this time. It is a really exciting period and a very valuable learning opportunity for a fresh grad like me. I drowned a few times in the past and every now and then I still do. But at the end of the day, I know, that while my frantic struggle each time I drown has made me progressed very much faster than if I were to have a smooth sailing ride.
People here love fireworks. Firecrackers too. Other than the public toilets and garlic-infested breaths, I love this city!
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Getting better
Finally. Today during our Ma La hot pot dinner... I opened up and became a little bit more happy inside. J and N were really really funny. They were talking about the F1 race in Shanghai this oct. I wanna catch it too. It possible, I wanna do a stopover and catch it with them before we all fly back to YT for work.
I guess I am still adjusting my heavy work load and that I will have to travel at least once a month from now till at least the beginning next year. I will not always have HM with me cos he has his own work to do.
I dunno what caused me to be so unhappy these days. Perhaps it was the work load. I just dun like the idea of having a list of things that I have yet to finish at the end of the day. I have to deal with it i guess and I guess I am still dealing with it.
Before Im done with one thing, another thing crops up. Half the time I am chiselling work away based on the level of importance. As you know, once something is not that important, it will tend to always stay at the bottom of the list. That's not very good.
But it is ok. Shall put away these negative things. Im glad things are getting better. Im looking forward to this weekend. I will have a good rest. Seriously. I need a good sleep.
2 great dinners this week:
First: we had seafood BBQ at the roof top of our hotel. Imagine, we are at the gulf, we have a really fantastic sea view and apparently that day was some "CAI SHEN DAY". There were at least 5 sets of fireworks everyone... So pretty. The temperature is dropping and so the sea breeze at night is rather chilly. Anyway, the view is superb. The food is not that bad. I just didnt have the guts to eat the grilled silkworm.
Second: Today. The ma la hot pot. I am beginning to eat hot pot like a local chinese. Their sesame sauce + fermented bean curd juice and then you add a lot of spring onion. This is the best dip for hot pot!! EAT IT LIKE A LOCAL.
Im gonna adjust my lifestyle and mentality. I know Im ready when I begin to start travelling to nearby places.
One piece of fantastic news: DNV audit is gonna stretch till early next year for sure. I see myself coming back once a month at least from now. And OCt is going to be the interface of the autumn and winter. I hope it snows in dec. And it i am going to come back again in JAn. JY!!! Im going to seoul for sure. I wanna celebrate my birthday there and I certainly deserve a break.
FAntastic. Gonna go Qingdao & DA lian next time round.
Im suppose to be happy. I will.
I guess I am still adjusting my heavy work load and that I will have to travel at least once a month from now till at least the beginning next year. I will not always have HM with me cos he has his own work to do.
I dunno what caused me to be so unhappy these days. Perhaps it was the work load. I just dun like the idea of having a list of things that I have yet to finish at the end of the day. I have to deal with it i guess and I guess I am still dealing with it.
Before Im done with one thing, another thing crops up. Half the time I am chiselling work away based on the level of importance. As you know, once something is not that important, it will tend to always stay at the bottom of the list. That's not very good.
But it is ok. Shall put away these negative things. Im glad things are getting better. Im looking forward to this weekend. I will have a good rest. Seriously. I need a good sleep.
2 great dinners this week:
First: we had seafood BBQ at the roof top of our hotel. Imagine, we are at the gulf, we have a really fantastic sea view and apparently that day was some "CAI SHEN DAY". There were at least 5 sets of fireworks everyone... So pretty. The temperature is dropping and so the sea breeze at night is rather chilly. Anyway, the view is superb. The food is not that bad. I just didnt have the guts to eat the grilled silkworm.
Second: Today. The ma la hot pot. I am beginning to eat hot pot like a local chinese. Their sesame sauce + fermented bean curd juice and then you add a lot of spring onion. This is the best dip for hot pot!! EAT IT LIKE A LOCAL.
Im gonna adjust my lifestyle and mentality. I know Im ready when I begin to start travelling to nearby places.
One piece of fantastic news: DNV audit is gonna stretch till early next year for sure. I see myself coming back once a month at least from now. And OCt is going to be the interface of the autumn and winter. I hope it snows in dec. And it i am going to come back again in JAn. JY!!! Im going to seoul for sure. I wanna celebrate my birthday there and I certainly deserve a break.
FAntastic. Gonna go Qingdao & DA lian next time round.
Im suppose to be happy. I will.
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Sunday
My room service breakfast this morning: I woke up at 10, forced myself out of bed to go down for breakfast thinking that it ends at 11am. I was wrong. Ends at 10.
I have to get out of bed because:
- I need to clear the work for the week before I can start Monday and the coming week right as I have a whole load of things to do ahead.
- They are expecting some kind of work done from my side. I have to manage the expectations of my bosses.
- I want to be able to enjoy the rest of my sunday at the pedicure place, shopping with Iris and have a great dinner tonight.
- Work stress is looming and ballooning and I have to do something about it before I crumble.
Honestly, now I feel really lousy. Arrgghhh...
BUT. Yes, Im gonna finish up the club sandwich above. (This is far from the one I had in Thailand, at Hua Hin Beach, it doesnt even have eggs inside!). Gulp down my Grapefruit juice. Finish up the work. Take a nap. Take a shower. ENJOY MY SUNDAY! :)
I miss home. I really do.
I felt kind of empty and lonely yesterday night. With all the stress, work, tussle. I teared. A little. A bit. But it was good emotional relief. Hmm... I suppose the size of the hotel room does make me feel a tad more empty inside.
Long long 2 weeks ahead.
I miss you.
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